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Windows 98SE "freezes" for 1 minute every time I close Internet Explorer6.
Hi there.
I posted this article over in microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser, but I probably should've crossposted it here to begin with... Argh. Well, the thread's there if you want to read what some folks have already said. =) I'd like to thank in advance anyone who responds. Here's my OP from microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser: ----- Well, a few days ago, a strange little problem started plaguing me. First, let's discuss my system's specs. MSINFO32 has this to say: ----- SYSTEM INFORMATION Microsoft Windows 98 4.10.2222 A Upgrade using Full OEM CD /SrcDir=D:\WIN98 /IQ /U:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx IE 5 6.0.2800.1106 Uptime: 0:06:52:48 Normal mode AuthenticAMD AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor (ed.: yeah, it's old =) 128MB RAM 84% system resources free Custom swap file on drive C (5866MB free) Available space on drive C: 5866MB of 9777MB (FAT32) Available space on drive D: 9772MB of 9772MB (FAT32) RUNNING TASKS Kernel32.dll MSGSRV32.EXE Mprexe.exe Mstask.exe MMTASK.TSK KB891711.EXE Explorer.exe Taskmon.exe Systray.exe Wmiexe.exe Ddhelp.exe Thunderbird.exe Rundll32.exe Msinfo32.exe STARTUP PROGRAMS ScanRegistry Registry (Machine Run) C:\WINDOWS\scanregw.exe /autorun TaskMonitor Registry (Machine Run) C:\WINDOWS\taskmon.exe SystemTray Registry (Machine Run) SysTray.Exe LoadPowerProfile Registry (Machine Run) Rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,LoadCurrentPwrScheme SchedulingAgent Registry (Machine Service) mstask.exe KB891711 Registry (Machine Service) C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KB891711\KB891711.EXE (ed.: HijackThis came up with the same results and no suspicious looking entries of any other kind. Also, I take above average care not to allow malware into my PC and I've never had an infection on the PC in question, so there's that to consider.) INTERNET EXPLORER Version 6.0.2800.1106IS Build 62800.1106 Product ID 55736-OEM-5334751-04305 Application Path C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer Date of Last Install 3/9/06 1:17:51 AM Language English (United States) Active Printer Not Available Cipher Strength 128-bit Content Advisor Disabled Update Versions ;SP1;Q905915;Q837009;Q833989;Q891781;q313829;Q9128 12; Java VM Version 5.0.3810.0 IEAK Install Yes (ed.: I had IEAK downloaded once... I can't remember if I installed it or not. I definetly have the IE 5 PowerTweaks installed, so maybe that's what it means... I probably just don't know what this is actually referring to. Pay no 'tention to the man behind the curtain. =) INTERNET EXPLORER CACHE Page Refresh Type Always Temporary Internet Files Folder C:\WINDOWS\Temporary Internet Files Total Disk Space 9777 MB Available Disk Space 5866 MB Maximum Cache Size 1 MB Available Cache Size 0 MB ----- I install and uninstall a great deal of software on this machine on a regular basis, though my problem didn't seem to crop up following any particular installation and I haven't been doing much installing in the past few days. I keep the disks (2 physical HDDs; see above) defragmented fairly regularly and run scandisk on them regularly too, as well as Steve Gibson's excellent SpinRite 6.0. I keep my machine current with all applicable Windows Updates (which is now a non-issue with good ol' Win9x =). I use cable Internet and connect out to the great yonder through a hub (a straight up hub, not a switch or a router) which itself plugs into a Linksys router which obviously connects to my cable modem. I share the hub with 1 other PC and 1 other PC plugs directly into a LAN port on the router. So my network looks (roughly) like this: GREAT YONDER | | CABLE MODEM | PC 2 | / ROUTER----------HUB------ | \ | PC 3 (THAT'S ME!) PC 1 This's in my home, if that matters. That's pretty much all the pertinent pre-problem info I can think of to tell you at this late (for me) hour... ....So here's the problem: Whenever I close my 1 open IE window, my PC "freezes" for almost exactly 1 minute (if it's not dead on 60 seconds, it's pretty close; I watched the clock several times . The reason I put quotes around freezes is that the PC doesn't *completely* lock up. I mean, I still have control of the mouse and keyboard, and in fact, I can click on the icons on my Desktop and they're actually able to gain focus (you know, they turn blue and "get selected"; click on an icon once in any version of Windows if you have double-clicking enabled and you'll see what I mean). I can click on different icons and change the focus too, and I can even use the arrow keys on the keyboard to change icon focus (that's how I knew I was still able to use the keyboard . I can click on the Start button and bestow focus on it as well (click your start button and watch the actual button itself change; that's what I see, minus the menu itself). But, if I try and double-click on anything, nothing at all happens... Until 1 minute later. Then, any folders I clicked on open up, any apps start to run, etc. This has so far *only* occurred when I close IE, and, as I said in the subject line, it happens *EVERY* time I close IE. Well, actually that's not 100% true. If I simply open IE to my start page and then close it without clicking any links or navigating to any websites, then this problem does NOT occur. However, if I open multiple windows (Ctrl+N) then, even if I merely close them and don't do anything else, the PC still "freezes". Even stranger, if I open multiple IE windows and then click a link in each window (say, 4 concurrently open windows) they all dutifully load the page with no apparent performance hit...but if I close them all, then the PC *REALLY* freezes, with almost no responsiveness on the mouse and keyboard, but only for about the same blasted minute, maybe a little longer. Gah! I've not tried much yet because I'm a little in fear of breaking stuff on this PC... I need to make a current HDD image/ghost/clone/what-have-you, but I'd kinda like to not take a buggy clone if I don't have to... So you see the sort of catch-22 I'm keeping myself in. =) In any case, I regularly clean out my temp files, browser cache, and I have restarted the PC multiple times since this started cropping up (in fact, when I first detected this chicanery, I thought Windows was just locking up on me as it is wont to do, and I gave it the old 3 finger salute and restarted a number of times before I noticed the pattern... . I've turned the PC completely off once or twice also in the hopes that that might help... So far no good. I read something recently about Windows not liking if the root directory of the boot partition being full of files, so I set about clearing out the rather messy root directory of my C: partition (I was given this PC so, hey, *I* didn't get it messy =). That too did no good. The only other thing I can think of that I've done recently that's out of the ordinary is that I accidentally downgraded my ASPI drivers from version 4.7something to 4.60. I thought that may have been the cause of the problem, so I re-updated my ASPI drivers to v.4.7whatever, but I'm still stuck with the issue. But there it is anyway, maybe that means something and I don't know it... If anyone out there has any advice or ideas, I'd be very glad and equally appreciative if you'd share it. I'd especially like to know if this is an issue with IE itself, or if this is something else's cancer making IE look like the culprit. My thanks go out in advance to anyone who responds. Cheers to one and all. |
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Windows 98SE "freezes" for 1 minute every time I close Internet Ex
This is a well known problem with Internet Explorer 6 and Windows 98SE.
Windows 98 Upgrade Pack contains can fix this problem. If you want to solve this download and install the "Windows 98 Upgrade Pack" from this website: http://www.w98upg.net.tf "Sol" schrieb: Hi there. I posted this article over in microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser, but I probably should've crossposted it here to begin with... Argh. Well, the thread's there if you want to read what some folks have already said. =) I'd like to thank in advance anyone who responds. Here's my OP from microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser: ----- Well, a few days ago, a strange little problem started plaguing me. First, let's discuss my system's specs. MSINFO32 has this to say: ----- SYSTEM INFORMATION Microsoft Windows 98 4.10.2222 A Upgrade using Full OEM CD /SrcDir=D:\WIN98 /IQ /U:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx IE 5 6.0.2800.1106 Uptime: 0:06:52:48 Normal mode AuthenticAMD AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor (ed.: yeah, it's old =) 128MB RAM 84% system resources free Custom swap file on drive C (5866MB free) Available space on drive C: 5866MB of 9777MB (FAT32) Available space on drive D: 9772MB of 9772MB (FAT32) RUNNING TASKS Kernel32.dll MSGSRV32.EXE Mprexe.exe Mstask.exe MMTASK.TSK KB891711.EXE Explorer.exe Taskmon.exe Systray.exe Wmiexe.exe Ddhelp.exe Thunderbird.exe Rundll32.exe Msinfo32.exe STARTUP PROGRAMS ScanRegistry Registry (Machine Run) C:\WINDOWS\scanregw.exe /autorun TaskMonitor Registry (Machine Run) C:\WINDOWS\taskmon.exe SystemTray Registry (Machine Run) SysTray.Exe LoadPowerProfile Registry (Machine Run) Rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,LoadCurrentPwrScheme SchedulingAgent Registry (Machine Service) mstask.exe KB891711 Registry (Machine Service) C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KB891711\KB891711.EXE (ed.: HijackThis came up with the same results and no suspicious looking entries of any other kind. Also, I take above average care not to allow malware into my PC and I've never had an infection on the PC in question, so there's that to consider.) INTERNET EXPLORER Version 6.0.2800.1106IS Build 62800.1106 Product ID 55736-OEM-5334751-04305 Application Path C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer Date of Last Install 3/9/06 1:17:51 AM Language English (United States) Active Printer Not Available Cipher Strength 128-bit Content Advisor Disabled Update Versions ;SP1;Q905915;Q837009;Q833989;Q891781;q313829;Q9128 12; Java VM Version 5.0.3810.0 IEAK Install Yes (ed.: I had IEAK downloaded once... I can't remember if I installed it or not. I definetly have the IE 5 PowerTweaks installed, so maybe that's what it means... I probably just don't know what this is actually referring to. Pay no 'tention to the man behind the curtain. =) INTERNET EXPLORER CACHE Page Refresh Type Always Temporary Internet Files Folder C:\WINDOWS\Temporary Internet Files Total Disk Space 9777 MB Available Disk Space 5866 MB Maximum Cache Size 1 MB Available Cache Size 0 MB ----- I install and uninstall a great deal of software on this machine on a regular basis, though my problem didn't seem to crop up following any particular installation and I haven't been doing much installing in the past few days. I keep the disks (2 physical HDDs; see above) defragmented fairly regularly and run scandisk on them regularly too, as well as Steve Gibson's excellent SpinRite 6.0. I keep my machine current with all applicable Windows Updates (which is now a non-issue with good ol' Win9x =). I use cable Internet and connect out to the great yonder through a hub (a straight up hub, not a switch or a router) which itself plugs into a Linksys router which obviously connects to my cable modem. I share the hub with 1 other PC and 1 other PC plugs directly into a LAN port on the router. So my network looks (roughly) like this: GREAT YONDER | | CABLE MODEM | PC 2 | / ROUTER----------HUB------ | \ | PC 3 (THAT'S ME!) PC 1 This's in my home, if that matters. That's pretty much all the pertinent pre-problem info I can think of to tell you at this late (for me) hour... ....So here's the problem: Whenever I close my 1 open IE window, my PC "freezes" for almost exactly 1 minute (if it's not dead on 60 seconds, it's pretty close; I watched the clock several times . The reason I put quotes around freezes is that the PC doesn't *completely* lock up. I mean, I still have control of the mouse and keyboard, and in fact, I can click on the icons on my Desktop and they're actually able to gain focus (you know, they turn blue and "get selected"; click on an icon once in any version of Windows if you have double-clicking enabled and you'll see what I mean). I can click on different icons and change the focus too, and I can even use the arrow keys on the keyboard to change icon focus (that's how I knew I was still able to use the keyboard . I can click on the Start button and bestow focus on it as well (click your start button and watch the actual button itself change; that's what I see, minus the menu itself). But, if I try and double-click on anything, nothing at all happens... Until 1 minute later. Then, any folders I clicked on open up, any apps start to run, etc. This has so far *only* occurred when I close IE, and, as I said in the subject line, it happens *EVERY* time I close IE. Well, actually that's not 100% true. If I simply open IE to my start page and then close it without clicking any links or navigating to any websites, then this problem does NOT occur. However, if I open multiple windows (Ctrl+N) then, even if I merely close them and don't do anything else, the PC still "freezes". Even stranger, if I open multiple IE windows and then click a link in each window (say, 4 concurrently open windows) they all dutifully load the page with no apparent performance hit...but if I close them all, then the PC *REALLY* freezes, with almost no responsiveness on the mouse and keyboard, but only for about the same blasted minute, maybe a little longer. Gah! I've not tried much yet because I'm a little in fear of breaking stuff on this PC... I need to make a current HDD image/ghost/clone/what-have-you, but I'd kinda like to not take a buggy clone if I don't have to... So you see the sort of catch-22 I'm keeping myself in. =) In any case, I regularly clean out my temp files, browser cache, and I have restarted the PC multiple times since this started cropping up (in fact, when I first detected this chicanery, I thought Windows was just locking up on me as it is wont to do, and I gave it the old 3 finger salute and restarted a number of times before I noticed the pattern... . I've turned the PC completely off once or twice also in the hopes that that might help... So far no good. I read something recently about Windows not liking if the root directory of the boot partition being full of files, so I set about clearing out the rather messy root directory of my C: partition (I was given this PC so, hey, *I* didn't get it messy =). That too did no good. The only other thing I can think of that I've done recently that's out of the ordinary is that I accidentally downgraded my ASPI drivers from version 4.7something to 4.60. I thought that may have been the cause of the problem, so I re-updated my ASPI drivers to v.4.7whatever, but I'm still stuck with the issue. But there it is anyway, maybe that means something and I don't know it... If anyone out there has any advice or ideas, I'd be very glad and equally appreciative if you'd share it. I'd especially like to know if this is an issue with IE itself, or if this is something else's cancer making IE look like the culprit. My thanks go out in advance to anyone who responds. Cheers to one and all. |
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Windows 98SE "freezes" for 1 minute every time I close Internet Ex
This is a well known problem with Internet Explorer 6 and Windows 98SE.
Windows 98 Upgrade Pack contains can fix this problem. If you want to solve this download and install the "Windows 98 Upgrade Pack" from this website: http://www.w98upg.net.tf "Sol" schrieb: Hi there. I posted this article over in microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser, but I probably should've crossposted it here to begin with... Argh. Well, the thread's there if you want to read what some folks have already said. =) I'd like to thank in advance anyone who responds. Here's my OP from microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser: ----- Well, a few days ago, a strange little problem started plaguing me. First, let's discuss my system's specs. MSINFO32 has this to say: ----- SYSTEM INFORMATION Microsoft Windows 98 4.10.2222 A Upgrade using Full OEM CD /SrcDir=D:\WIN98 /IQ /U:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx IE 5 6.0.2800.1106 Uptime: 0:06:52:48 Normal mode AuthenticAMD AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor (ed.: yeah, it's old =) 128MB RAM 84% system resources free Custom swap file on drive C (5866MB free) Available space on drive C: 5866MB of 9777MB (FAT32) Available space on drive D: 9772MB of 9772MB (FAT32) RUNNING TASKS Kernel32.dll MSGSRV32.EXE Mprexe.exe Mstask.exe MMTASK.TSK KB891711.EXE Explorer.exe Taskmon.exe Systray.exe Wmiexe.exe Ddhelp.exe Thunderbird.exe Rundll32.exe Msinfo32.exe STARTUP PROGRAMS ScanRegistry Registry (Machine Run) C:\WINDOWS\scanregw.exe /autorun TaskMonitor Registry (Machine Run) C:\WINDOWS\taskmon.exe SystemTray Registry (Machine Run) SysTray.Exe LoadPowerProfile Registry (Machine Run) Rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,LoadCurrentPwrScheme SchedulingAgent Registry (Machine Service) mstask.exe KB891711 Registry (Machine Service) C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KB891711\KB891711.EXE (ed.: HijackThis came up with the same results and no suspicious looking entries of any other kind. Also, I take above average care not to allow malware into my PC and I've never had an infection on the PC in question, so there's that to consider.) INTERNET EXPLORER Version 6.0.2800.1106IS Build 62800.1106 Product ID 55736-OEM-5334751-04305 Application Path C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer Date of Last Install 3/9/06 1:17:51 AM Language English (United States) Active Printer Not Available Cipher Strength 128-bit Content Advisor Disabled Update Versions ;SP1;Q905915;Q837009;Q833989;Q891781;q313829;Q9128 12; Java VM Version 5.0.3810.0 IEAK Install Yes (ed.: I had IEAK downloaded once... I can't remember if I installed it or not. I definetly have the IE 5 PowerTweaks installed, so maybe that's what it means... I probably just don't know what this is actually referring to. Pay no 'tention to the man behind the curtain. =) INTERNET EXPLORER CACHE Page Refresh Type Always Temporary Internet Files Folder C:\WINDOWS\Temporary Internet Files Total Disk Space 9777 MB Available Disk Space 5866 MB Maximum Cache Size 1 MB Available Cache Size 0 MB ----- I install and uninstall a great deal of software on this machine on a regular basis, though my problem didn't seem to crop up following any particular installation and I haven't been doing much installing in the past few days. I keep the disks (2 physical HDDs; see above) defragmented fairly regularly and run scandisk on them regularly too, as well as Steve Gibson's excellent SpinRite 6.0. I keep my machine current with all applicable Windows Updates (which is now a non-issue with good ol' Win9x =). I use cable Internet and connect out to the great yonder through a hub (a straight up hub, not a switch or a router) which itself plugs into a Linksys router which obviously connects to my cable modem. I share the hub with 1 other PC and 1 other PC plugs directly into a LAN port on the router. So my network looks (roughly) like this: GREAT YONDER | | CABLE MODEM | PC 2 | / ROUTER----------HUB------ | \ | PC 3 (THAT'S ME!) PC 1 This's in my home, if that matters. That's pretty much all the pertinent pre-problem info I can think of to tell you at this late (for me) hour... ....So here's the problem: Whenever I close my 1 open IE window, my PC "freezes" for almost exactly 1 minute (if it's not dead on 60 seconds, it's pretty close; I watched the clock several times . The reason I put quotes around freezes is that the PC doesn't *completely* lock up. I mean, I still have control of the mouse and keyboard, and in fact, I can click on the icons on my Desktop and they're actually able to gain focus (you know, they turn blue and "get selected"; click on an icon once in any version of Windows if you have double-clicking enabled and you'll see what I mean). I can click on different icons and change the focus too, and I can even use the arrow keys on the keyboard to change icon focus (that's how I knew I was still able to use the keyboard . I can click on the Start button and bestow focus on it as well (click your start button and watch the actual button itself change; that's what I see, minus the menu itself). But, if I try and double-click on anything, nothing at all happens... Until 1 minute later. Then, any folders I clicked on open up, any apps start to run, etc. This has so far *only* occurred when I close IE, and, as I said in the subject line, it happens *EVERY* time I close IE. Well, actually that's not 100% true. If I simply open IE to my start page and then close it without clicking any links or navigating to any websites, then this problem does NOT occur. However, if I open multiple windows (Ctrl+N) then, even if I merely close them and don't do anything else, the PC still "freezes". Even stranger, if I open multiple IE windows and then click a link in each window (say, 4 concurrently open windows) they all dutifully load the page with no apparent performance hit...but if I close them all, then the PC *REALLY* freezes, with almost no responsiveness on the mouse and keyboard, but only for about the same blasted minute, maybe a little longer. Gah! I've not tried much yet because I'm a little in fear of breaking stuff on this PC... I need to make a current HDD image/ghost/clone/what-have-you, but I'd kinda like to not take a buggy clone if I don't have to... So you see the sort of catch-22 I'm keeping myself in. =) In any case, I regularly clean out my temp files, browser cache, and I have restarted the PC multiple times since this started cropping up (in fact, when I first detected this chicanery, I thought Windows was just locking up on me as it is wont to do, and I gave it the old 3 finger salute and restarted a number of times before I noticed the pattern... . I've turned the PC completely off once or twice also in the hopes that that might help... So far no good. I read something recently about Windows not liking if the root directory of the boot partition being full of files, so I set about clearing out the rather messy root directory of my C: partition (I was given this PC so, hey, *I* didn't get it messy =). That too did no good. The only other thing I can think of that I've done recently that's out of the ordinary is that I accidentally downgraded my ASPI drivers from version 4.7something to 4.60. I thought that may have been the cause of the problem, so I re-updated my ASPI drivers to v.4.7whatever, but I'm still stuck with the issue. But there it is anyway, maybe that means something and I don't know it... If anyone out there has any advice or ideas, I'd be very glad and equally appreciative if you'd share it. I'd especially like to know if this is an issue with IE itself, or if this is something else's cancer making IE look like the culprit. My thanks go out in advance to anyone who responds. Cheers to one and all. |
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Windows 98SE "freezes" for 1 minute every time I close Internet Ex
I have had this same issue for nearly a year on my Toshiba Satellite
2805. No Solution to offer though. Frank win98 wrote: This is a well known problem with Internet Explorer 6 and Windows 98SE. Windows 98 Upgrade Pack contains can fix this problem. If you want to solve this download and install the "Windows 98 Upgrade Pack" from this website: http://www.w98upg.net.tf "Sol" schrieb: Hi there. I posted this article over in microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser, but I probably should've crossposted it here to begin with... Argh. Well, the thread's there if you want to read what some folks have already said. =) I'd like to thank in advance anyone who responds. Here's my OP from microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser: ----- Well, a few days ago, a strange little problem started plaguing me. First, let's discuss my system's specs. MSINFO32 has this to say: ----- SYSTEM INFORMATION Microsoft Windows 98 4.10.2222 A Upgrade using Full OEM CD /SrcDir=D:\WIN98 /IQ /U:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx IE 5 6.0.2800.1106 Uptime: 0:06:52:48 Normal mode AuthenticAMD AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor (ed.: yeah, it's old =) 128MB RAM 84% system resources free Custom swap file on drive C (5866MB free) Available space on drive C: 5866MB of 9777MB (FAT32) Available space on drive D: 9772MB of 9772MB (FAT32) RUNNING TASKS Kernel32.dll MSGSRV32.EXE Mprexe.exe Mstask.exe MMTASK.TSK KB891711.EXE Explorer.exe Taskmon.exe Systray.exe Wmiexe.exe Ddhelp.exe Thunderbird.exe Rundll32.exe Msinfo32.exe STARTUP PROGRAMS ScanRegistry Registry (Machine Run) C:\WINDOWS\scanregw.exe /autorun TaskMonitor Registry (Machine Run) C:\WINDOWS\taskmon.exe SystemTray Registry (Machine Run) SysTray.Exe LoadPowerProfile Registry (Machine Run) Rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,LoadCurrentPwrScheme SchedulingAgent Registry (Machine Service) mstask.exe KB891711 Registry (Machine Service) C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KB891711\KB891711.EXE (ed.: HijackThis came up with the same results and no suspicious looking entries of any other kind. Also, I take above average care not to allow malware into my PC and I've never had an infection on the PC in question, so there's that to consider.) INTERNET EXPLORER Version 6.0.2800.1106IS Build 62800.1106 Product ID 55736-OEM-5334751-04305 Application Path C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer Date of Last Install 3/9/06 1:17:51 AM Language English (United States) Active Printer Not Available Cipher Strength 128-bit Content Advisor Disabled Update Versions ;SP1;Q905915;Q837009;Q833989;Q891781;q313829;Q9128 12; Java VM Version 5.0.3810.0 IEAK Install Yes (ed.: I had IEAK downloaded once... I can't remember if I installed it or not. I definetly have the IE 5 PowerTweaks installed, so maybe that's what it means... I probably just don't know what this is actually referring to. Pay no 'tention to the man behind the curtain. =) INTERNET EXPLORER CACHE Page Refresh Type Always Temporary Internet Files Folder C:\WINDOWS\Temporary Internet Files Total Disk Space 9777 MB Available Disk Space 5866 MB Maximum Cache Size 1 MB Available Cache Size 0 MB ----- I install and uninstall a great deal of software on this machine on a regular basis, though my problem didn't seem to crop up following any particular installation and I haven't been doing much installing in the past few days. I keep the disks (2 physical HDDs; see above) defragmented fairly regularly and run scandisk on them regularly too, as well as Steve Gibson's excellent SpinRite 6.0. I keep my machine current with all applicable Windows Updates (which is now a non-issue with good ol' Win9x =). I use cable Internet and connect out to the great yonder through a hub (a straight up hub, not a switch or a router) which itself plugs into a Linksys router which obviously connects to my cable modem. I share the hub with 1 other PC and 1 other PC plugs directly into a LAN port on the router. So my network looks (roughly) like this: GREAT YONDER | | CABLE MODEM | PC 2 | / ROUTER----------HUB------ | \ | PC 3 (THAT'S ME!) PC 1 This's in my home, if that matters. That's pretty much all the pertinent pre-problem info I can think of to tell you at this late (for me) hour... ....So here's the problem: Whenever I close my 1 open IE window, my PC "freezes" for almost exactly 1 minute (if it's not dead on 60 seconds, it's pretty close; I watched the clock several times . The reason I put quotes around freezes is that the PC doesn't *completely* lock up. I mean, I still have control of the mouse and keyboard, and in fact, I can click on the icons on my Desktop and they're actually able to gain focus (you know, they turn blue and "get selected"; click on an icon once in any version of Windows if you have double-clicking enabled and you'll see what I mean). I can click on different icons and change the focus too, and I can even use the arrow keys on the keyboard to change icon focus (that's how I knew I was still able to use the keyboard . I can click on the Start button and bestow focus on it as well (click your start button and watch the actual button itself change; that's what I see, minus the menu itself). But, if I try and double-click on anything, nothing at all happens... Until 1 minute later. Then, any folders I clicked on open up, any apps start to run, etc. This has so far *only* occurred when I close IE, and, as I said in the subject line, it happens *EVERY* time I close IE. Well, actually that's not 100% true. If I simply open IE to my start page and then close it without clicking any links or navigating to any websites, then this problem does NOT occur. However, if I open multiple windows (Ctrl+N) then, even if I merely close them and don't do anything else, the PC still "freezes". Even stranger, if I open multiple IE windows and then click a link in each window (say, 4 concurrently open windows) they all dutifully load the page with no apparent performance hit...but if I close them all, then the PC *REALLY* freezes, with almost no responsiveness on the mouse and keyboard, but only for about the same blasted minute, maybe a little longer. Gah! I've not tried much yet because I'm a little in fear of breaking stuff on this PC... I need to make a current HDD image/ghost/clone/what-have-you, but I'd kinda like to not take a buggy clone if I don't have to... So you see the sort of catch-22 I'm keeping myself in. =) In any case, I regularly clean out my temp files, browser cache, and I have restarted the PC multiple times since this started cropping up (in fact, when I first detected this chicanery, I thought Windows was just locking up on me as it is wont to do, and I gave it the old 3 finger salute and restarted a number of times before I noticed the pattern... . I've turned the PC completely off once or twice also in the hopes that that might help... So far no good. I read something recently about Windows not liking if the root directory of the boot partition being full of files, so I set about clearing out the rather messy root directory of my C: partition (I was given this PC so, hey, *I* didn't get it messy =). That too did no good. The only other thing I can think of that I've done recently that's out of the ordinary is that I accidentally downgraded my ASPI drivers from version 4.7something to 4.60. I thought that may have been the cause of the problem, so I re-updated my ASPI drivers to v.4.7whatever, but I'm still stuck with the issue. But there it is anyway, maybe that means something and I don't know it... If anyone out there has any advice or ideas, I'd be very glad and equally appreciative if you'd share it. I'd especially like to know if this is an issue with IE itself, or if this is something else's cancer making IE look like the culprit. My thanks go out in advance to anyone who responds. Cheers to one and all. |
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Windows 98SE "freezes" for 1 minute every time I close Internet Ex
I have had this same issue for nearly a year on my Toshiba Satellite
2805. No Solution to offer though. Frank win98 wrote: This is a well known problem with Internet Explorer 6 and Windows 98SE. Windows 98 Upgrade Pack contains can fix this problem. If you want to solve this download and install the "Windows 98 Upgrade Pack" from this website: http://www.w98upg.net.tf "Sol" schrieb: Hi there. I posted this article over in microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser, but I probably should've crossposted it here to begin with... Argh. Well, the thread's there if you want to read what some folks have already said. =) I'd like to thank in advance anyone who responds. Here's my OP from microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser: ----- Well, a few days ago, a strange little problem started plaguing me. First, let's discuss my system's specs. MSINFO32 has this to say: ----- SYSTEM INFORMATION Microsoft Windows 98 4.10.2222 A Upgrade using Full OEM CD /SrcDir=D:\WIN98 /IQ /U:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx IE 5 6.0.2800.1106 Uptime: 0:06:52:48 Normal mode AuthenticAMD AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor (ed.: yeah, it's old =) 128MB RAM 84% system resources free Custom swap file on drive C (5866MB free) Available space on drive C: 5866MB of 9777MB (FAT32) Available space on drive D: 9772MB of 9772MB (FAT32) RUNNING TASKS Kernel32.dll MSGSRV32.EXE Mprexe.exe Mstask.exe MMTASK.TSK KB891711.EXE Explorer.exe Taskmon.exe Systray.exe Wmiexe.exe Ddhelp.exe Thunderbird.exe Rundll32.exe Msinfo32.exe STARTUP PROGRAMS ScanRegistry Registry (Machine Run) C:\WINDOWS\scanregw.exe /autorun TaskMonitor Registry (Machine Run) C:\WINDOWS\taskmon.exe SystemTray Registry (Machine Run) SysTray.Exe LoadPowerProfile Registry (Machine Run) Rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,LoadCurrentPwrScheme SchedulingAgent Registry (Machine Service) mstask.exe KB891711 Registry (Machine Service) C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KB891711\KB891711.EXE (ed.: HijackThis came up with the same results and no suspicious looking entries of any other kind. Also, I take above average care not to allow malware into my PC and I've never had an infection on the PC in question, so there's that to consider.) INTERNET EXPLORER Version 6.0.2800.1106IS Build 62800.1106 Product ID 55736-OEM-5334751-04305 Application Path C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer Date of Last Install 3/9/06 1:17:51 AM Language English (United States) Active Printer Not Available Cipher Strength 128-bit Content Advisor Disabled Update Versions ;SP1;Q905915;Q837009;Q833989;Q891781;q313829;Q9128 12; Java VM Version 5.0.3810.0 IEAK Install Yes (ed.: I had IEAK downloaded once... I can't remember if I installed it or not. I definetly have the IE 5 PowerTweaks installed, so maybe that's what it means... I probably just don't know what this is actually referring to. Pay no 'tention to the man behind the curtain. =) INTERNET EXPLORER CACHE Page Refresh Type Always Temporary Internet Files Folder C:\WINDOWS\Temporary Internet Files Total Disk Space 9777 MB Available Disk Space 5866 MB Maximum Cache Size 1 MB Available Cache Size 0 MB ----- I install and uninstall a great deal of software on this machine on a regular basis, though my problem didn't seem to crop up following any particular installation and I haven't been doing much installing in the past few days. I keep the disks (2 physical HDDs; see above) defragmented fairly regularly and run scandisk on them regularly too, as well as Steve Gibson's excellent SpinRite 6.0. I keep my machine current with all applicable Windows Updates (which is now a non-issue with good ol' Win9x =). I use cable Internet and connect out to the great yonder through a hub (a straight up hub, not a switch or a router) which itself plugs into a Linksys router which obviously connects to my cable modem. I share the hub with 1 other PC and 1 other PC plugs directly into a LAN port on the router. So my network looks (roughly) like this: GREAT YONDER | | CABLE MODEM | PC 2 | / ROUTER----------HUB------ | \ | PC 3 (THAT'S ME!) PC 1 This's in my home, if that matters. That's pretty much all the pertinent pre-problem info I can think of to tell you at this late (for me) hour... ....So here's the problem: Whenever I close my 1 open IE window, my PC "freezes" for almost exactly 1 minute (if it's not dead on 60 seconds, it's pretty close; I watched the clock several times . The reason I put quotes around freezes is that the PC doesn't *completely* lock up. I mean, I still have control of the mouse and keyboard, and in fact, I can click on the icons on my Desktop and they're actually able to gain focus (you know, they turn blue and "get selected"; click on an icon once in any version of Windows if you have double-clicking enabled and you'll see what I mean). I can click on different icons and change the focus too, and I can even use the arrow keys on the keyboard to change icon focus (that's how I knew I was still able to use the keyboard . I can click on the Start button and bestow focus on it as well (click your start button and watch the actual button itself change; that's what I see, minus the menu itself). But, if I try and double-click on anything, nothing at all happens... Until 1 minute later. Then, any folders I clicked on open up, any apps start to run, etc. This has so far *only* occurred when I close IE, and, as I said in the subject line, it happens *EVERY* time I close IE. Well, actually that's not 100% true. If I simply open IE to my start page and then close it without clicking any links or navigating to any websites, then this problem does NOT occur. However, if I open multiple windows (Ctrl+N) then, even if I merely close them and don't do anything else, the PC still "freezes". Even stranger, if I open multiple IE windows and then click a link in each window (say, 4 concurrently open windows) they all dutifully load the page with no apparent performance hit...but if I close them all, then the PC *REALLY* freezes, with almost no responsiveness on the mouse and keyboard, but only for about the same blasted minute, maybe a little longer. Gah! I've not tried much yet because I'm a little in fear of breaking stuff on this PC... I need to make a current HDD image/ghost/clone/what-have-you, but I'd kinda like to not take a buggy clone if I don't have to... So you see the sort of catch-22 I'm keeping myself in. =) In any case, I regularly clean out my temp files, browser cache, and I have restarted the PC multiple times since this started cropping up (in fact, when I first detected this chicanery, I thought Windows was just locking up on me as it is wont to do, and I gave it the old 3 finger salute and restarted a number of times before I noticed the pattern... . I've turned the PC completely off once or twice also in the hopes that that might help... So far no good. I read something recently about Windows not liking if the root directory of the boot partition being full of files, so I set about clearing out the rather messy root directory of my C: partition (I was given this PC so, hey, *I* didn't get it messy =). That too did no good. The only other thing I can think of that I've done recently that's out of the ordinary is that I accidentally downgraded my ASPI drivers from version 4.7something to 4.60. I thought that may have been the cause of the problem, so I re-updated my ASPI drivers to v.4.7whatever, but I'm still stuck with the issue. But there it is anyway, maybe that means something and I don't know it... If anyone out there has any advice or ideas, I'd be very glad and equally appreciative if you'd share it. I'd especially like to know if this is an issue with IE itself, or if this is something else's cancer making IE look like the culprit. My thanks go out in advance to anyone who responds. Cheers to one and all. |
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Windows 98SE "freezes" for 1 minute every time I close Internet Ex
This posting suggests some good ideas.
I am having success with this part of the posting: IE 6. I might have the solution! Try this: Tools Internet Options Advanced Browsing Uncheck the Enable 3rd party browser extensions http://groups.google.com/group/micro...22ab770470a71a Frank wrote: I have had this same issue for nearly a year on my Toshiba Satellite 2805. No Solution to offer though. Frank win98 wrote: This is a well known problem with Internet Explorer 6 and Windows 98SE. Windows 98 Upgrade Pack contains can fix this problem. If you want to solve this download and install the "Windows 98 Upgrade Pack" from this website: http://www.w98upg.net.tf "Sol" schrieb: Hi there. I posted this article over in microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser, but I probably should've crossposted it here to begin with... Argh. Well, the thread's there if you want to read what some folks have already said. =) I'd like to thank in advance anyone who responds. Here's my OP from microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser: ----- Well, a few days ago, a strange little problem started plaguing me. First, let's discuss my system's specs. MSINFO32 has this to say: ----- SYSTEM INFORMATION Microsoft Windows 98 4.10.2222 A Upgrade using Full OEM CD /SrcDir=D:\WIN98 /IQ /U:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx IE 5 6.0.2800.1106 Uptime: 0:06:52:48 Normal mode AuthenticAMD AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor (ed.: yeah, it's old =) 128MB RAM 84% system resources free Custom swap file on drive C (5866MB free) Available space on drive C: 5866MB of 9777MB (FAT32) Available space on drive D: 9772MB of 9772MB (FAT32) RUNNING TASKS Kernel32.dll MSGSRV32.EXE Mprexe.exe Mstask.exe MMTASK.TSK KB891711.EXE Explorer.exe Taskmon.exe Systray.exe Wmiexe.exe Ddhelp.exe Thunderbird.exe Rundll32.exe Msinfo32.exe STARTUP PROGRAMS ScanRegistry Registry (Machine Run) C:\WINDOWS\scanregw.exe /autorun TaskMonitor Registry (Machine Run) C:\WINDOWS\taskmon.exe SystemTray Registry (Machine Run) SysTray.Exe LoadPowerProfile Registry (Machine Run) Rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,LoadCurrentPwrScheme SchedulingAgent Registry (Machine Service) mstask.exe KB891711 Registry (Machine Service) C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KB891711\KB891711.EXE (ed.: HijackThis came up with the same results and no suspicious looking entries of any other kind. Also, I take above average care not to allow malware into my PC and I've never had an infection on the PC in question, so there's that to consider.) INTERNET EXPLORER Version 6.0.2800.1106IS Build 62800.1106 Product ID 55736-OEM-5334751-04305 Application Path C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer Date of Last Install 3/9/06 1:17:51 AM Language English (United States) Active Printer Not Available Cipher Strength 128-bit Content Advisor Disabled Update Versions ;SP1;Q905915;Q837009;Q833989;Q891781;q313829;Q9128 12; Java VM Version 5.0.3810.0 IEAK Install Yes (ed.: I had IEAK downloaded once... I can't remember if I installed it or not. I definetly have the IE 5 PowerTweaks installed, so maybe that's what it means... I probably just don't know what this is actually referring to. Pay no 'tention to the man behind the curtain. =) INTERNET EXPLORER CACHE Page Refresh Type Always Temporary Internet Files Folder C:\WINDOWS\Temporary Internet Files Total Disk Space 9777 MB Available Disk Space 5866 MB Maximum Cache Size 1 MB Available Cache Size 0 MB ----- I install and uninstall a great deal of software on this machine on a regular basis, though my problem didn't seem to crop up following any particular installation and I haven't been doing much installing in the past few days. I keep the disks (2 physical HDDs; see above) defragmented fairly regularly and run scandisk on them regularly too, as well as Steve Gibson's excellent SpinRite 6.0. I keep my machine current with all applicable Windows Updates (which is now a non-issue with good ol' Win9x =). I use cable Internet and connect out to the great yonder through a hub (a straight up hub, not a switch or a router) which itself plugs into a Linksys router which obviously connects to my cable modem. I share the hub with 1 other PC and 1 other PC plugs directly into a LAN port on the router. So my network looks (roughly) like this: GREAT YONDER | | CABLE MODEM | PC 2 | / ROUTER----------HUB------ | \ | PC 3 (THAT'S ME!) PC 1 This's in my home, if that matters. That's pretty much all the pertinent pre-problem info I can think of to tell you at this late (for me) hour... ....So here's the problem: Whenever I close my 1 open IE window, my PC "freezes" for almost exactly 1 minute (if it's not dead on 60 seconds, it's pretty close; I watched the clock several times . The reason I put quotes around freezes is that the PC doesn't *completely* lock up. I mean, I still have control of the mouse and keyboard, and in fact, I can click on the icons on my Desktop and they're actually able to gain focus (you know, they turn blue and "get selected"; click on an icon once in any version of Windows if you have double-clicking enabled and you'll see what I mean). I can click on different icons and change the focus too, and I can even use the arrow keys on the keyboard to change icon focus (that's how I knew I was still able to use the keyboard . I can click on the Start button and bestow focus on it as well (click your start button and watch the actual button itself change; that's what I see, minus the menu itself). But, if I try and double-click on anything, nothing at all happens... Until 1 minute later. Then, any folders I clicked on open up, any apps start to run, etc. This has so far *only* occurred when I close IE, and, as I said in the subject line, it happens *EVERY* time I close IE. Well, actually that's not 100% true. If I simply open IE to my start page and then close it without clicking any links or navigating to any websites, then this problem does NOT occur. However, if I open multiple windows (Ctrl+N) then, even if I merely close them and don't do anything else, the PC still "freezes". Even stranger, if I open multiple IE windows and then click a link in each window (say, 4 concurrently open windows) they all dutifully load the page with no apparent performance hit...but if I close them all, then the PC *REALLY* freezes, with almost no responsiveness on the mouse and keyboard, but only for about the same blasted minute, maybe a little longer. Gah! I've not tried much yet because I'm a little in fear of breaking stuff on this PC... I need to make a current HDD image/ghost/clone/what-have-you, but I'd kinda like to not take a buggy clone if I don't have to... So you see the sort of catch-22 I'm keeping myself in. =) In any case, I regularly clean out my temp files, browser cache, and I have restarted the PC multiple times since this started cropping up (in fact, when I first detected this chicanery, I thought Windows was just locking up on me as it is wont to do, and I gave it the old 3 finger salute and restarted a number of times before I noticed the pattern... . I've turned the PC completely off once or twice also in the hopes that that might help... So far no good. I read something recently about Windows not liking if the root directory of the boot partition being full of files, so I set about clearing out the rather messy root directory of my C: partition (I was given this PC so, hey, *I* didn't get it messy =). That too did no good. The only other thing I can think of that I've done recently that's out of the ordinary is that I accidentally downgraded my ASPI drivers from version 4.7something to 4.60. I thought that may have been the cause of the problem, so I re-updated my ASPI drivers to v.4.7whatever, but I'm still stuck with the issue. But there it is anyway, maybe that means something and I don't know it... If anyone out there has any advice or ideas, I'd be very glad and equally appreciative if you'd share it. I'd especially like to know if this is an issue with IE itself, or if this is something else's cancer making IE look like the culprit. My thanks go out in advance to anyone who responds. Cheers to one and all. |
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Windows 98SE "freezes" for 1 minute every time I close Internet Ex
This posting suggests some good ideas.
I am having success with this part of the posting: IE 6. I might have the solution! Try this: Tools Internet Options Advanced Browsing Uncheck the Enable 3rd party browser extensions http://groups.google.com/group/micro...22ab770470a71a Frank wrote: I have had this same issue for nearly a year on my Toshiba Satellite 2805. No Solution to offer though. Frank win98 wrote: This is a well known problem with Internet Explorer 6 and Windows 98SE. Windows 98 Upgrade Pack contains can fix this problem. If you want to solve this download and install the "Windows 98 Upgrade Pack" from this website: http://www.w98upg.net.tf "Sol" schrieb: Hi there. I posted this article over in microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser, but I probably should've crossposted it here to begin with... Argh. Well, the thread's there if you want to read what some folks have already said. =) I'd like to thank in advance anyone who responds. Here's my OP from microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser: ----- Well, a few days ago, a strange little problem started plaguing me. First, let's discuss my system's specs. MSINFO32 has this to say: ----- SYSTEM INFORMATION Microsoft Windows 98 4.10.2222 A Upgrade using Full OEM CD /SrcDir=D:\WIN98 /IQ /U:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx IE 5 6.0.2800.1106 Uptime: 0:06:52:48 Normal mode AuthenticAMD AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor (ed.: yeah, it's old =) 128MB RAM 84% system resources free Custom swap file on drive C (5866MB free) Available space on drive C: 5866MB of 9777MB (FAT32) Available space on drive D: 9772MB of 9772MB (FAT32) RUNNING TASKS Kernel32.dll MSGSRV32.EXE Mprexe.exe Mstask.exe MMTASK.TSK KB891711.EXE Explorer.exe Taskmon.exe Systray.exe Wmiexe.exe Ddhelp.exe Thunderbird.exe Rundll32.exe Msinfo32.exe STARTUP PROGRAMS ScanRegistry Registry (Machine Run) C:\WINDOWS\scanregw.exe /autorun TaskMonitor Registry (Machine Run) C:\WINDOWS\taskmon.exe SystemTray Registry (Machine Run) SysTray.Exe LoadPowerProfile Registry (Machine Run) Rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,LoadCurrentPwrScheme SchedulingAgent Registry (Machine Service) mstask.exe KB891711 Registry (Machine Service) C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KB891711\KB891711.EXE (ed.: HijackThis came up with the same results and no suspicious looking entries of any other kind. Also, I take above average care not to allow malware into my PC and I've never had an infection on the PC in question, so there's that to consider.) INTERNET EXPLORER Version 6.0.2800.1106IS Build 62800.1106 Product ID 55736-OEM-5334751-04305 Application Path C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer Date of Last Install 3/9/06 1:17:51 AM Language English (United States) Active Printer Not Available Cipher Strength 128-bit Content Advisor Disabled Update Versions ;SP1;Q905915;Q837009;Q833989;Q891781;q313829;Q9128 12; Java VM Version 5.0.3810.0 IEAK Install Yes (ed.: I had IEAK downloaded once... I can't remember if I installed it or not. I definetly have the IE 5 PowerTweaks installed, so maybe that's what it means... I probably just don't know what this is actually referring to. Pay no 'tention to the man behind the curtain. =) INTERNET EXPLORER CACHE Page Refresh Type Always Temporary Internet Files Folder C:\WINDOWS\Temporary Internet Files Total Disk Space 9777 MB Available Disk Space 5866 MB Maximum Cache Size 1 MB Available Cache Size 0 MB ----- I install and uninstall a great deal of software on this machine on a regular basis, though my problem didn't seem to crop up following any particular installation and I haven't been doing much installing in the past few days. I keep the disks (2 physical HDDs; see above) defragmented fairly regularly and run scandisk on them regularly too, as well as Steve Gibson's excellent SpinRite 6.0. I keep my machine current with all applicable Windows Updates (which is now a non-issue with good ol' Win9x =). I use cable Internet and connect out to the great yonder through a hub (a straight up hub, not a switch or a router) which itself plugs into a Linksys router which obviously connects to my cable modem. I share the hub with 1 other PC and 1 other PC plugs directly into a LAN port on the router. So my network looks (roughly) like this: GREAT YONDER | | CABLE MODEM | PC 2 | / ROUTER----------HUB------ | \ | PC 3 (THAT'S ME!) PC 1 This's in my home, if that matters. That's pretty much all the pertinent pre-problem info I can think of to tell you at this late (for me) hour... ....So here's the problem: Whenever I close my 1 open IE window, my PC "freezes" for almost exactly 1 minute (if it's not dead on 60 seconds, it's pretty close; I watched the clock several times . The reason I put quotes around freezes is that the PC doesn't *completely* lock up. I mean, I still have control of the mouse and keyboard, and in fact, I can click on the icons on my Desktop and they're actually able to gain focus (you know, they turn blue and "get selected"; click on an icon once in any version of Windows if you have double-clicking enabled and you'll see what I mean). I can click on different icons and change the focus too, and I can even use the arrow keys on the keyboard to change icon focus (that's how I knew I was still able to use the keyboard . I can click on the Start button and bestow focus on it as well (click your start button and watch the actual button itself change; that's what I see, minus the menu itself). But, if I try and double-click on anything, nothing at all happens... Until 1 minute later. Then, any folders I clicked on open up, any apps start to run, etc. This has so far *only* occurred when I close IE, and, as I said in the subject line, it happens *EVERY* time I close IE. Well, actually that's not 100% true. If I simply open IE to my start page and then close it without clicking any links or navigating to any websites, then this problem does NOT occur. However, if I open multiple windows (Ctrl+N) then, even if I merely close them and don't do anything else, the PC still "freezes". Even stranger, if I open multiple IE windows and then click a link in each window (say, 4 concurrently open windows) they all dutifully load the page with no apparent performance hit...but if I close them all, then the PC *REALLY* freezes, with almost no responsiveness on the mouse and keyboard, but only for about the same blasted minute, maybe a little longer. Gah! I've not tried much yet because I'm a little in fear of breaking stuff on this PC... I need to make a current HDD image/ghost/clone/what-have-you, but I'd kinda like to not take a buggy clone if I don't have to... So you see the sort of catch-22 I'm keeping myself in. =) In any case, I regularly clean out my temp files, browser cache, and I have restarted the PC multiple times since this started cropping up (in fact, when I first detected this chicanery, I thought Windows was just locking up on me as it is wont to do, and I gave it the old 3 finger salute and restarted a number of times before I noticed the pattern... . I've turned the PC completely off once or twice also in the hopes that that might help... So far no good. I read something recently about Windows not liking if the root directory of the boot partition being full of files, so I set about clearing out the rather messy root directory of my C: partition (I was given this PC so, hey, *I* didn't get it messy =). That too did no good. The only other thing I can think of that I've done recently that's out of the ordinary is that I accidentally downgraded my ASPI drivers from version 4.7something to 4.60. I thought that may have been the cause of the problem, so I re-updated my ASPI drivers to v.4.7whatever, but I'm still stuck with the issue. But there it is anyway, maybe that means something and I don't know it... If anyone out there has any advice or ideas, I'd be very glad and equally appreciative if you'd share it. I'd especially like to know if this is an issue with IE itself, or if this is something else's cancer making IE look like the culprit. My thanks go out in advance to anyone who responds. Cheers to one and all. |
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"Frank" wrote in message ps.com... This posting suggests some good ideas. I am having success with this part of the posting: IE 6. I might have the solution! Try this: Tools Internet Options Advanced Browsing Uncheck the Enable 3rd party browser extensions http://groups.google.com/group/micro...22ab770470a71a Frank wrote: I have had this same issue for nearly a year on my Toshiba Satellite 2805. No Solution to offer though. Frank win98 wrote: This is a well known problem with Internet Explorer 6 and Windows 98SE. Windows 98 Upgrade Pack contains can fix this problem. If you want to solve this download and install the "Windows 98 Upgrade Pack" from this website: http://www.w98upg.net.tf "Sol" schrieb: Hi there. I posted this article over in microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser, but I probably should've crossposted it here to begin with... Argh. Well, the thread's there if you want to read what some folks have already said. =) I'd like to thank in advance anyone who responds. Here's my OP from microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser: ----- Well, a few days ago, a strange little problem started plaguing me. First, let's discuss my system's specs. MSINFO32 has this to say: ----- SYSTEM INFORMATION Microsoft Windows 98 4.10.2222 A Upgrade using Full OEM CD /SrcDir=D:\WIN98 /IQ /U:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx IE 5 6.0.2800.1106 Uptime: 0:06:52:48 Normal mode AuthenticAMD AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor (ed.: yeah, it's old =) 128MB RAM 84% system resources free Custom swap file on drive C (5866MB free) Available space on drive C: 5866MB of 9777MB (FAT32) Available space on drive D: 9772MB of 9772MB (FAT32) RUNNING TASKS Kernel32.dll MSGSRV32.EXE Mprexe.exe Mstask.exe MMTASK.TSK KB891711.EXE Explorer.exe Taskmon.exe Systray.exe Wmiexe.exe Ddhelp.exe Thunderbird.exe Rundll32.exe Msinfo32.exe STARTUP PROGRAMS ScanRegistry Registry (Machine Run) C:\WINDOWS\scanregw.exe /autorun TaskMonitor Registry (Machine Run) C:\WINDOWS\taskmon.exe SystemTray Registry (Machine Run) SysTray.Exe LoadPowerProfile Registry (Machine Run) Rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,LoadCurrentPwrScheme SchedulingAgent Registry (Machine Service) mstask.exe KB891711 Registry (Machine Service) C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KB891711\KB891711.EXE (ed.: HijackThis came up with the same results and no suspicious looking entries of any other kind. Also, I take above average care not to allow malware into my PC and I've never had an infection on the PC in question, so there's that to consider.) INTERNET EXPLORER Version 6.0.2800.1106IS Build 62800.1106 Product ID 55736-OEM-5334751-04305 Application Path C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer Date of Last Install 3/9/06 1:17:51 AM Language English (United States) Active Printer Not Available Cipher Strength 128-bit Content Advisor Disabled Update Versions ;SP1;Q905915;Q837009;Q833989;Q891781;q313829;Q9128 12; Java VM Version 5.0.3810.0 IEAK Install Yes (ed.: I had IEAK downloaded once... I can't remember if I installed it or not. I definetly have the IE 5 PowerTweaks installed, so maybe that's what it means... I probably just don't know what this is actually referring to. Pay no 'tention to the man behind the curtain. =) INTERNET EXPLORER CACHE Page Refresh Type Always Temporary Internet Files Folder C:\WINDOWS\Temporary Internet Files Total Disk Space 9777 MB Available Disk Space 5866 MB Maximum Cache Size 1 MB Available Cache Size 0 MB ----- I install and uninstall a great deal of software on this machine on a regular basis, though my problem didn't seem to crop up following any particular installation and I haven't been doing much installing in the past few days. I keep the disks (2 physical HDDs; see above) defragmented fairly regularly and run scandisk on them regularly too, as well as Steve Gibson's excellent SpinRite 6.0. I keep my machine current with all applicable Windows Updates (which is now a non-issue with good ol' Win9x =). I use cable Internet and connect out to the great yonder through a hub (a straight up hub, not a switch or a router) which itself plugs into a Linksys router which obviously connects to my cable modem. I share the hub with 1 other PC and 1 other PC plugs directly into a LAN port on the router. So my network looks (roughly) like this: GREAT YONDER | | CABLE MODEM | PC 2 | / ROUTER----------HUB------ | \ | PC 3 (THAT'S ME!) PC 1 This's in my home, if that matters. That's pretty much all the pertinent pre-problem info I can think of to tell you at this late (for me) hour... ....So here's the problem: Whenever I close my 1 open IE window, my PC "freezes" for almost exactly 1 minute (if it's not dead on 60 seconds, it's pretty close; I watched the clock several times . The reason I put quotes around freezes is that the PC doesn't *completely* lock up. I mean, I still have control of the mouse and keyboard, and in fact, I can click on the icons on my Desktop and they're actually able to gain focus (you know, they turn blue and "get selected"; click on an icon once in any version of Windows if you have double-clicking enabled and you'll see what I mean). I can click on different icons and change the focus too, and I can even use the arrow keys on the keyboard to change icon focus (that's how I knew I was still able to use the keyboard . I can click on the Start button and bestow focus on it as well (click your start button and watch the actual button itself change; that's what I see, minus the menu itself). But, if I try and double-click on anything, nothing at all happens... Until 1 minute later. Then, any folders I clicked on open up, any apps start to run, etc. This has so far *only* occurred when I close IE, and, as I said in the subject line, it happens *EVERY* time I close IE. Well, actually that's not 100% true. If I simply open IE to my start page and then close it without clicking any links or navigating to any websites, then this problem does NOT occur. However, if I open multiple windows (Ctrl+N) then, even if I merely close them and don't do anything else, the PC still "freezes". Even stranger, if I open multiple IE windows and then click a link in each window (say, 4 concurrently open windows) they all dutifully load the page with no apparent performance hit...but if I close them all, then the PC *REALLY* freezes, with almost no responsiveness on the mouse and keyboard, but only for about the same blasted minute, maybe a little longer. Gah! I've not tried much yet because I'm a little in fear of breaking stuff on this PC... I need to make a current HDD image/ghost/clone/what-have-you, but I'd kinda like to not take a buggy clone if I don't have to... So you see the sort of catch-22 I'm keeping myself in. =) In any case, I regularly clean out my temp files, browser cache, and I have restarted the PC multiple times since this started cropping up (in fact, when I first detected this chicanery, I thought Windows was just locking up on me as it is wont to do, and I gave it the old 3 finger salute and restarted a number of times before I noticed the pattern... . I've turned the PC completely off once or twice also in the hopes that that might help... So far no good. I read something recently about Windows not liking if the root directory of the boot partition being full of files, so I set about clearing out the rather messy root directory of my C: partition (I was given this PC so, hey, *I* didn't get it messy =). That too did no good. The only other thing I can think of that I've done recently that's out of the ordinary is that I accidentally downgraded my ASPI drivers from version 4.7something to 4.60. I thought that may have been the cause of the problem, so I re-updated my ASPI drivers to v.4.7whatever, but I'm still stuck with the issue. But there it is anyway, maybe that means something and I don't know it... If anyone out there has any advice or ideas, I'd be very glad and equally appreciative if you'd share it. I'd especially like to know if this is an issue with IE itself, or if this is something else's cancer making IE look like the culprit. My thanks go out in advance to anyone who responds. Cheers to one and all. I assume you have run the IE repair tool and that it didn't find anything wrong? Secondly, how is the virtual memory setup? Is it the default of letting Windows sort it or have you specified something different to take into consideration the low level of RAM. Alan |
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Windows 98SE "freezes" for 1 minute every time I close Internet Ex
"Frank" wrote in message ps.com... This posting suggests some good ideas. I am having success with this part of the posting: IE 6. I might have the solution! Try this: Tools Internet Options Advanced Browsing Uncheck the Enable 3rd party browser extensions http://groups.google.com/group/micro...22ab770470a71a Frank wrote: I have had this same issue for nearly a year on my Toshiba Satellite 2805. No Solution to offer though. Frank win98 wrote: This is a well known problem with Internet Explorer 6 and Windows 98SE. Windows 98 Upgrade Pack contains can fix this problem. If you want to solve this download and install the "Windows 98 Upgrade Pack" from this website: http://www.w98upg.net.tf "Sol" schrieb: Hi there. I posted this article over in microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser, but I probably should've crossposted it here to begin with... Argh. Well, the thread's there if you want to read what some folks have already said. =) I'd like to thank in advance anyone who responds. Here's my OP from microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser: ----- Well, a few days ago, a strange little problem started plaguing me. First, let's discuss my system's specs. MSINFO32 has this to say: ----- SYSTEM INFORMATION Microsoft Windows 98 4.10.2222 A Upgrade using Full OEM CD /SrcDir=D:\WIN98 /IQ /U:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx IE 5 6.0.2800.1106 Uptime: 0:06:52:48 Normal mode AuthenticAMD AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor (ed.: yeah, it's old =) 128MB RAM 84% system resources free Custom swap file on drive C (5866MB free) Available space on drive C: 5866MB of 9777MB (FAT32) Available space on drive D: 9772MB of 9772MB (FAT32) RUNNING TASKS Kernel32.dll MSGSRV32.EXE Mprexe.exe Mstask.exe MMTASK.TSK KB891711.EXE Explorer.exe Taskmon.exe Systray.exe Wmiexe.exe Ddhelp.exe Thunderbird.exe Rundll32.exe Msinfo32.exe STARTUP PROGRAMS ScanRegistry Registry (Machine Run) C:\WINDOWS\scanregw.exe /autorun TaskMonitor Registry (Machine Run) C:\WINDOWS\taskmon.exe SystemTray Registry (Machine Run) SysTray.Exe LoadPowerProfile Registry (Machine Run) Rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,LoadCurrentPwrScheme SchedulingAgent Registry (Machine Service) mstask.exe KB891711 Registry (Machine Service) C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KB891711\KB891711.EXE (ed.: HijackThis came up with the same results and no suspicious looking entries of any other kind. Also, I take above average care not to allow malware into my PC and I've never had an infection on the PC in question, so there's that to consider.) INTERNET EXPLORER Version 6.0.2800.1106IS Build 62800.1106 Product ID 55736-OEM-5334751-04305 Application Path C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer Date of Last Install 3/9/06 1:17:51 AM Language English (United States) Active Printer Not Available Cipher Strength 128-bit Content Advisor Disabled Update Versions ;SP1;Q905915;Q837009;Q833989;Q891781;q313829;Q9128 12; Java VM Version 5.0.3810.0 IEAK Install Yes (ed.: I had IEAK downloaded once... I can't remember if I installed it or not. I definetly have the IE 5 PowerTweaks installed, so maybe that's what it means... I probably just don't know what this is actually referring to. Pay no 'tention to the man behind the curtain. =) INTERNET EXPLORER CACHE Page Refresh Type Always Temporary Internet Files Folder C:\WINDOWS\Temporary Internet Files Total Disk Space 9777 MB Available Disk Space 5866 MB Maximum Cache Size 1 MB Available Cache Size 0 MB ----- I install and uninstall a great deal of software on this machine on a regular basis, though my problem didn't seem to crop up following any particular installation and I haven't been doing much installing in the past few days. I keep the disks (2 physical HDDs; see above) defragmented fairly regularly and run scandisk on them regularly too, as well as Steve Gibson's excellent SpinRite 6.0. I keep my machine current with all applicable Windows Updates (which is now a non-issue with good ol' Win9x =). I use cable Internet and connect out to the great yonder through a hub (a straight up hub, not a switch or a router) which itself plugs into a Linksys router which obviously connects to my cable modem. I share the hub with 1 other PC and 1 other PC plugs directly into a LAN port on the router. So my network looks (roughly) like this: GREAT YONDER | | CABLE MODEM | PC 2 | / ROUTER----------HUB------ | \ | PC 3 (THAT'S ME!) PC 1 This's in my home, if that matters. That's pretty much all the pertinent pre-problem info I can think of to tell you at this late (for me) hour... ....So here's the problem: Whenever I close my 1 open IE window, my PC "freezes" for almost exactly 1 minute (if it's not dead on 60 seconds, it's pretty close; I watched the clock several times . The reason I put quotes around freezes is that the PC doesn't *completely* lock up. I mean, I still have control of the mouse and keyboard, and in fact, I can click on the icons on my Desktop and they're actually able to gain focus (you know, they turn blue and "get selected"; click on an icon once in any version of Windows if you have double-clicking enabled and you'll see what I mean). I can click on different icons and change the focus too, and I can even use the arrow keys on the keyboard to change icon focus (that's how I knew I was still able to use the keyboard . I can click on the Start button and bestow focus on it as well (click your start button and watch the actual button itself change; that's what I see, minus the menu itself). But, if I try and double-click on anything, nothing at all happens... Until 1 minute later. Then, any folders I clicked on open up, any apps start to run, etc. This has so far *only* occurred when I close IE, and, as I said in the subject line, it happens *EVERY* time I close IE. Well, actually that's not 100% true. If I simply open IE to my start page and then close it without clicking any links or navigating to any websites, then this problem does NOT occur. However, if I open multiple windows (Ctrl+N) then, even if I merely close them and don't do anything else, the PC still "freezes". Even stranger, if I open multiple IE windows and then click a link in each window (say, 4 concurrently open windows) they all dutifully load the page with no apparent performance hit...but if I close them all, then the PC *REALLY* freezes, with almost no responsiveness on the mouse and keyboard, but only for about the same blasted minute, maybe a little longer. Gah! I've not tried much yet because I'm a little in fear of breaking stuff on this PC... I need to make a current HDD image/ghost/clone/what-have-you, but I'd kinda like to not take a buggy clone if I don't have to... So you see the sort of catch-22 I'm keeping myself in. =) In any case, I regularly clean out my temp files, browser cache, and I have restarted the PC multiple times since this started cropping up (in fact, when I first detected this chicanery, I thought Windows was just locking up on me as it is wont to do, and I gave it the old 3 finger salute and restarted a number of times before I noticed the pattern... . I've turned the PC completely off once or twice also in the hopes that that might help... So far no good. I read something recently about Windows not liking if the root directory of the boot partition being full of files, so I set about clearing out the rather messy root directory of my C: partition (I was given this PC so, hey, *I* didn't get it messy =). That too did no good. The only other thing I can think of that I've done recently that's out of the ordinary is that I accidentally downgraded my ASPI drivers from version 4.7something to 4.60. I thought that may have been the cause of the problem, so I re-updated my ASPI drivers to v.4.7whatever, but I'm still stuck with the issue. But there it is anyway, maybe that means something and I don't know it... If anyone out there has any advice or ideas, I'd be very glad and equally appreciative if you'd share it. I'd especially like to know if this is an issue with IE itself, or if this is something else's cancer making IE look like the culprit. My thanks go out in advance to anyone who responds. Cheers to one and all. I assume you have run the IE repair tool and that it didn't find anything wrong? Secondly, how is the virtual memory setup? Is it the default of letting Windows sort it or have you specified something different to take into consideration the low level of RAM. Alan |
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